PHIL 003: Ethics and the Meaning of Life

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Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours, discussion, 1 hour

Catalog page 481

Prerequisites: none Approaches one of the basic questions of value: how should one live? Covers classical and contemporary discussions of issues such as the human good, human virtue, the role of pleasure and happiness, egoism and altruism, duty, the relativity and objectivity of value, the meaning of life, death, autonomy, integrity, and conscience

Credit: Credit is awarded for only one of PHIL 003 or PHIL 003H or PHIL 003W or PHIL 003X.

Derived Information — The following is not part of the official catalog but is computed from catalog data.

Serves as a prerequisite for

PHIL 120 (E-Z) PHIL 121 (E-Z) PHIL 122 (E-Z) PHIL 169 (E-Z)
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Enrollment History (from UCR Banner, not catalog)
Year F W S Su Total
2025-26 300/300 26/50 326/350
2024-25 34/50  34/ 50
2023-24 48/50  48/ 50
2022-23 291/293 48/50 339/343
2021-22 48/50  48/ 50
2020-21 267/300 17/20 284/320
2019-20 39/40  39/ 40
2018-19 283/300 283/300
2017-18 19/20  19/ 20
2016-17 293/280 15/20 308/300